stepien is under investigation by the fbi and u.s. department of justice as evidenced by the government's telephone calls to him and his lawyer and the federal agent's recent visit to his landlord. mr. stepien's lawyer says a special agent called mr. stepien on the phone january 17th. two attorneys followed up with him, him, the lawyer, hoping to speak with mr. stepien. mid-february, an fbi agent and investigator from the doj paid a visit to mr. stepien's home, asked his landlord about his conduct and character. every incident, mr. stepien or his lawyer declined to talk. according to bridget kelly's lawyer, same goes for her. not only are bridget kelly and bill stepien invoking the fifth amendment and refusing to hand over documents to the legislature while the legislature investigates this issue, bill stepien and bridget kelly appear to be refusing to cooperate with federal prosecutors. and that's one thing if your case for why you're not complying is because you dislike the legislature or dislike the legislators, but if you're refus